Lesson Y8-U05-L04

Y8-U05-L04 Deeds Not Words Judging the Militants Quiz: KS3 History, Unit 11

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Lesson Y8-U05-L04, Deeds Not Words Judging the Militants: 20 multiple choice questions for the KS3 History (National Curriculum), Unit 11: Year 8: Suffrage, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. What is a 'hunger strike'?

    • Refusing to work in a factory until wages are raised by law
    • Refusing to sign a petition sent to the Prime Minister each year
    • Refusing to pay a fine given to a woman for a public protest
    • Refusing to eat, in protest, while in prison

  2. What is 'force-feeding'?

    • Giving all suffragettes a special diet to keep them healthy in prison
    • Giving prisoners extra food as a reward for good behaviour
    • Feeding a prisoner against their will, often through a tube
    • Feeding the poor in workhouses at the expense of the local council

  3. What is an 'interpretation' in history?

    • A printed copy of a speech given by a politician in Parliament
    • A list of the dates on which the important laws were passed
    • A translation of an old document into modern English for schools
    • A version or judgement of the past that historians can argue over

  4. On what date did Emily Wilding Davison die after the Derby?

    • 4 June 1914
    • 4 June 1913
    • 8 June 1912
    • 8 June 1913

  5. Where did Emily Wilding Davison step onto the course in June 1913?

    • At a railway station in London during the rush hour
    • At the Epsom Derby horse race
    • In the exercise yard of Holloway Prison in north London
    • In the House of Commons in Westminster during a debate

  6. Which horse did Emily Davison collide with at the Derby?

    • The Prime Minister's horse, Rocket
    • The King's horse, Anmer
    • A horse named Victory owned by the WSPU
    • A horse owned by David Lloyd George

  7. How many times had Emily Wilding Davison been imprisoned before the Derby?

    • Nine times
    • Twenty times
    • Three times
    • Five times

  8. What did the 'Cat and Mouse Act' of 1913 allow the government to do?

    • Send every suffragette to a prison in a foreign country for ten years
    • Release hunger strikers when they were weak, then re-arrest them once they had recovered
    • Stop all suffragettes from holding meetings in public parks, and exile the leaders of the WSPU abroad
    • Give suffragettes a vote in the next general election as a reward for their hunger strikes and prison damage

  9. Why did the government force-feed suffragette hunger strikers?

    • To stop them dying and becoming martyrs for the cause
    • To make them vote for the government in the next election
    • To teach them the rules of the prison before they were released
    • To make them confess to the crimes they had committed in public

  10. Why did force-feeding backfire on the government?

    • It made the suffragettes stronger, so they could organise more violent attacks
    • It turned many suffragettes into sympathetic victims in the eyes of the public
    • It ended the campaign, because the suffragettes gave up on hunger strikes
    • It caused the government to build a new prison in every major city

  11. A newspaper report the day after the 1913 Derby (Source A) described a woman knocked down by the King's horse. What does Source A suggest about how clear her purpose was at the time?

    • Her purpose was clearly to die in protest, as she had announced in advance
    • Her purpose was unclear, and it ended in tragedy as she lay senseless on the turf
    • Her purpose was clearly to ask the King to give women the vote
    • Her purpose was clearly to win a horse race for the WSPU

  12. A historian writing around 2013 (Source B) noted that Emily Davison had a return train ticket and two WSPU flags. Why does Source B suggest she did not plan to die?

    • She had asked the Prime Minister for a pension for her family
    • She had a return railway ticket and planned to attach a flag to the horse and go home
    • She had already been released from prison and was planning to leave the country
    • She had written a letter stating that she would give up her life for the cause

  13. Which piece of evidence supports the view that Davison meant to attach a flag to the King's horse?

    • She had a list of the names of the horses that were running that day
    • She had two WSPU flags pinned inside her coat
    • She had a letter from the Prime Minister asking her to stop the protest
    • She had money in her purse to pay for a train ticket to London

  14. Why is it hard to be certain what Davison intended?

    • The evidence is mixed and she could not explain her own intentions
    • The Derby records were lost and no one can check the race result
    • The WSPU destroyed all records of its members in the year 1913
    • The newspapers in 1913 were all printed in different languages

  15. Historians disagree about militancy. View 1 says militant heroes forced a deaf Parliament to listen. Which evidence would View 1 use to support its interpretation?

    • Her death was reckless and harmed the image of the whole campaign
    • Force-feeding and sacrifice won huge public sympathy and kept votes in the news
    • Peaceful methods had worked well for thirty years and did not need to change
    • Arson and window-smashing alarmed the public and gave the government an excuse

  16. View 2 says militancy was reckless and lost public support. Which evidence would View 2 use to support its interpretation?

    • Arson and window-smashing alarmed the public and proved women were unfit for the vote
    • Militancy kept votes in the news and forced a deaf Parliament to listen
    • Force-feeding and sacrifice won huge public sympathy for the suffragettes
    • Davison was a heroic martyr who gave her life to the cause of the vote

  17. Historians split into View 1 (brave heroes) and View 2 (reckless extremists). View 2 makes a point that View 1 tends to overlook. Which point is that?

    • The Cat and Mouse Act was passed by the government in the same year as the Derby
    • Force-feeding was carried out only by the government and not by the prisons
    • Davison was imprisoned nine times for her protests in London
    • Some violence did alienate moderate supporters of the campaign

  18. Why do historians describe militancy as a deliberate choice by the WSPU?

    • The WSPU believed only dramatic, law-breaking deeds would force a deaf Parliament to listen
    • The WSPU wanted to stop women voting so that men would keep control of every council and seat in Britain
    • The WSPU was told to be militant by the King and his advisers, who wanted suffragettes to fight police
    • The WSPU was forced to use militancy by a law passed in 1903 that banned all women from holding public meetings

  19. Why might a strong historian weigh the evidence for both interpretations before making a judgement?

    • It allows them to avoid reading any evidence at all about the suffragettes
    • It allows them to choose the side that is most popular with their readers
    • It allows them to skip the sources and rely on memories of the campaign
    • It allows them to reach a balanced judgement based on the best evidence on each side

  20. Why had the WSPU concluded by 1903 that peaceful methods had failed?

    • Women had asked politely for over thirty years, with petitions and meetings, and Parliament had still done nothing
    • Women had been told by the King that they would never be allowed to vote, and the Prime Minister confirmed it
    • Women had been given the vote in several counties but then had it taken away again by a new law passed in 1870
    • Women had been arrested for handing out petitions, so they gave up the campaign and went back to their homes

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